Hillcrest at Youth Services Center

San Mateo · CA · San Mateo County Office of Education · Public · K-12 combined

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Most similar nearby schools

Gateway Center → San Mateo County Special Education → Canyon Oaks Youth Center → Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford → Margaret J. Kemp → Community Day → Eden Area ROP → The Bridge Academy →

At a glance

Academic signals

4-yr grad rate: 30% in 2019 (Bottom 6% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

Composed from EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

This is an alternative or specialized education program (such as a juvenile-justice, residential, or hospital setting). Standard college-prep measures like SAT participation and AP rigor don't reflect its role.

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4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Bottom 6% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

4-year graduation rate

30%

Range: 21–39%

4-year cohort size

Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years

Compared against

17,988

US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.

‍ Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

85.7%

Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Federal Title I context

High-poverty school

Title I Schoolwide eligible

81.2%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor

64:1

Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.

Counselor FTE

0.2

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Gateway Center San Mateo	Public	0.2	11	—
San Mateo County Special Education Redwood City	Public	4.2	22	—
Canyon Oaks Youth Center Redwood City	Public	4.0	5	—
Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford Palo Alto	Public	10.4	6	—
Margaret J. Kemp San Mateo	Public	0.2	3	—
Community Day South San Francisco	Public	10.8	—	—
Eden Area ROP Hayward	Public	15.6	—	—
The Bridge Academy San Mateo	Public	4.5	54	—

At a glance

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Hillcrest at Youth Services Center is a public high school in San Mateo, CA, enrolling 16 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 30% in the latest EDFacts release.

It has about 64 students per school counselor.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

What is Hillcrest at Youth Services Center's graduation rate? Hillcrest at Youth Services Center's federal four-year graduation rate was about 30% in the latest EDFacts release.

How many students attend Hillcrest at Youth Services Center? Hillcrest at Youth Services Center is a public high school in San Mateo, CA, enrolling 16 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.